网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 swiftness
释义
swiftness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈswɪft.nəs/us
/ˈswɪft.nəs/
thequalityofhappeningquicklyorimmediately:
快，迅速
He wassurprisedby the swiftness of themove.他对行动的迅速感到吃惊。
See
swift
More examples
  • Theoutbreakoffoot-and-mouthdiseaseamonglivestockinBritainearlierthisyearillustratesthe swiftness with which adiseasecanspread.
  • Yesterday'searthquakehitwith suchunnervingswiftness that asunnywinter'sdayturnedintochaos.
  • Bayard was ahorseofincredibleswiftness.
  • Thegovernmentseemsto have been taken bysurpriseby the swiftness,strengthandunanimityofinternationalcondemnation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Speed of motion
  • airspeed
  • at full/half throttleidiom
  • briskness
  • burst
  • celerity
  • clip
  • clock
  • fleetness
  • gallop
  • hypersonic
  • instantaneous velocity
  • multi-speed
  • pace
  • pacy
  • rapidity
  • rate
  • speed
  • supersonic
  • throttle
  • zip
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Immediately
(Definition ofswiftnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswiftness

swiftness
The attractiveswiftnessof a three-line argument from origins to a first cause is undeniable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Therefore, it is suitable to compare theswiftnessof different architectures or of different geometries of the same architecture.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Travellers affirm theswiftnessof retribution in most cases.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Swiftnessin a deer is a capacity which is part of its life form.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He saw in his sleep the disk circling about the peg, with aswiftnessthat made it almost invisible and quite soundless.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is the place whereswiftnessof action is implied, ifswiftnessof action is required.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is, indeed, a problem which has come upon us with speed andswiftnessand which will not yield to any single remedial measure.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Itsswiftnessis the only thing on which it can rely.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theswiftnessof the response impressed me enormously.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is it a scheme which has about it the qualities both of smoothness and ofswiftness?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was considered necessary that you should proceed withswiftnessand without a warrant at all.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am aware that suchswiftnessdeparts from convention; but, in this instance, we believe that it is fully merited.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
After all, team games evoke the best qualities of mind, courage,swiftnessto appreciate situations, energy, and unselfishness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is perfectly possible forswiftnessto be the very negation of justice.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The advantages of making the disqualification automatic are certainty, simplicity andswiftness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/swiftness##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/27 23:09:51